without
ἄλογος,ον,
A. without λόγος,hence,
I. speechless,
Pl. Lg. 696e .Adv.
-ως without speech,
S. OC 131
, Isoc. 3.9 :—ἄ. ἡμέρα, =Lat.dies nefastus, on which no business may be done,
Luc. Lex. 9 .
b. lacking in eloquence,
LXX Ex. 6.12 .
2. inexpressive,
Pl. Tht. 203a ;unutterable,
= ἄρρητος , S. Fr. 262 .
II. unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος,etc., Pl. R. 591c , Ti. 42d , etc.; τὰ ἄλογα brutes, animals,
Democr. 164
, Pl. Prt. 321b , X. Hier. 7.3 ; esp.in late Greek,ἄλογον,τό, = horse,
POxy. 138.29 ( 610
A.D. ), PGen. 14 (late).
2. not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα,opp.ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ.,
Pl. Tht. 201c ;ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctivefeeling, in appreciating works of art, D.H. Lys. 11 ; ἄ. πάθος
Id. Comp. 23
.
3. contrary to reason, absurd,
Th. 6.85 , Pl. Tht. 203d ;unaccountable, unintelligible,
Lys. 26.19 ;unfit, unsuited to its end,
Th. 1.32 ;groundless,
Plb. 3.15.9 ; ἀηδία
PRyl. 144.15
( 38
A.D. ).Adv.most freq. in this sense, Pl. R. 439d , etc.; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδ' ἀκαίρως
Isoc. 15.10
: Sup.
-ώτατα
Phld. Ir. p.44
W.
III. without reckoning:
1. not reckoned upon, unexpected,
Th. 6.46 ( Comp. ).
2. not counted, null and void,
ἡμέραι
LXX Nu. 6.12
.
3.
Act. ,not having paid one's reckoning,of anἐρανιστής,
EM 70.31 .
IV. of magnitudes,incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν,title of work by Democr. , cf. Arist. APo. 76b9 , LI 968b18 , Euc. 10 . Def. 10 , etc.
2. in Rhythm,irrational,of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος
Aristox. Rhyth. 2.20
;ἄλογοι,sc.συλλαβαί,
D.H. Comp. 20 :—in Music, ἄ. διαστήματα
Plu. 2.1145d
:—of the pulse,unrhythmical,
Herophil. ap. Ruf. Syn.Puls. 4.3 .
